Manitowoc boy, 8, injured after alleged drunk driver crashes

8:41 PM,
Jul. 12, 2013

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Gannett Wisconsin Media

A man allegedly driving drunk crashed into a power pole Thursday night in the town of Rhine, seriously injuring an 8-year-old Manitowoc boy who was playing in his grandparents' front yard, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office.

The crash was reported at 8:23 p.m. on Sheboygan County EH, just west of Wisconsin 57, after the man, 64, of rural Elkhart Lake, drove his 1966 Corvette through the south ditch and then struck a sign, power pole and a parked car before coming to a rest, Lt. John Detienne said in a news release.